Crouch crafted a story that follows a physics professor who finds himself in an alternate world where he’s a great success. In The A.V. Club’s review of the book, we wrote: “Part of the uncanny beauty of Dark Matter is how it manages to make discussions about quantum mechanics sound romantic. And that tender element of Blake Crouch’s latest speculative adventure yarn is also its appeal.” Crouch‘s work has previously found homes on the small screen: Both Good Behaviorand Wayward Pinesare based on his texts.